The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1887-12-17

.os;aned sevsT4 A. ll1. The resigna-
tion of Thomas King, Second Vice President,
was received and accepted.
The Upper Marlboro Gazette says: ut
is reported that DIR. Frederick Sasscer. late
candidate on the Republican ticketln Prince
GEORGES county for the House of Delegates,
will contest the seat of Pinkney A. ScaggS'
Democratic candidate. One OF the grounds
of contest is that Mr.. Scaggs was postmaster
Mt the time of his election.
While John A. Carter. son of Robert Car
fer. register of wills for Montgomery county,
| was in the act of putting halter on 3-year-
old colt Monday morning at his home, near
| Rockville. the colt reared IN and cut at HIM
with his fore feet, striking him on the fore
head and inficting a severe wound. AT hrst
il was thought the skull was fractured. but
it is hoped that such is not the case.
A new Catholic church at Oldtown. Allie
qapy county, built by l.. NJ. Cresap, prom-
inent citizen of that place, as q memorial to
his deceased wife. has Just been completed
and formally transferred to Cardinal Gibbons.
It will be dedicated in the near future. Mr..
Cresap furnished the ground and bore the
entire cost of construction and furnishing.
The annual meeting of the stockholders OF
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal has been
called to take place in the executive chamber
r Mt Annapolis. on Monday. January 2 when
, the presidents report will be submitted. The
: present board of directors was elected to
|. serve until Dec. 81. but it may be deemed
> necessary to postpone the election OF directors,
!, rs well as the president until later in Jauu-
II arv. :,
d The names of several aspirants for the
canal presidency to succeed Col. Baughmar
T, have been talked of. Messrs. Stephen Gam
= brill. the canal treasurer and secretary; ID
W. Talbot, of Montgomery county; }. Franz
! Turner the retiring State comptroller, ant
Mr.. Darby. of Washington county: have beer
named in that connection. The State bein'
:: the largest stakeholder, the board of pubi
Is works will make the new president.
n In addition to the other improvements in
D., troduced at the extensive cotton mill of VIM
. ]. Dickey & Son at Union, Baltimore county
I'd they have now in course of construction at tina
-, Mace a large double two-story brick an
% Stone building, which is intended to be use
y, as A dveing establishment Heretofore tn
4 mills have been manufacturing cotton good
only, but the firm intend arranging machine
nv for manufacturing WOODEN fabrics, ft
which the dyeing apparatus became neees
sary adjunct.
James H. Gambrill, Jr.. son of James
4 Gambrill, the miller, at Frederick, shot an
as killed a colored man by the name of Nelso
in Stanton, last Saturday night Mr.. Gambri
~ had been missing considerable coal. and h
~ SON was on watch Saturday night. Betwee
he o and 10 o'clock, Stanton was seen at II
coal pile with bag. Young Gambrill appea
oe ed, and Stanton ran. Cambria called upc
a.. him to halt. Stanton continued to run, al
~ Gambrill fred, tie hall piercing his side al
mo- going through the heart. a coroners Ju
ae exonerated Gambrill.
Of G. W. Delawder. fish commissioner, h
tbe remodeled all the fish ponds at Druid ID
Park and put them in thorough order. Ii
6sh-house has also been renovated, al
twenty four new troughs have been put
with extra good appliances IN order to 3
commodate 800. 900 trout spawn. Mr..
ing lawder is now in Baltimore awaiting &C
t1e signments of trout spawn from Caroir
u. Rhode Island. These spawn will hatch o
t 9 in about fifty days and be distributed ne
IA April. Applications for the fish, which {
lam given to all residents of Maryland graf
opp should be sent to Mr.. Deawder at Oakla
em before March /, and mention should be ma
lcur of the waters in which they are to be pact
Iory Commander Plowman, of the Maryla
s e oyster navy, is preparing statement show
~: the number of men and vessels engaged IN
Diio oyster business and the arrests made dur
the year. Three thousand six hundred a
seventy nine longing licenses and 739 scr'
the ing licenses have been issued in the count
the of Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot, Dorchest
ing Wicomico. Somerset, Charles, St. Mary
sent Calvert and Anne Arundel during the pres
we're season. The State has issued 764 dredgi
ieh- licenses. Averaging $3.50 for each tong
Vest license, the total would be $12,876 from I
zog, source The scraping licenses would amo
to SS,l29. The revenues from both are
State proprated to public school purposes, in
con- dtion TO receipts from fines for oyster
sage violations. The oyster navy employs IA '
the sells. including three steamers, and 101 m
ltion Commander Plowman says the oyster fam
sses. getting low, and he thinks the navy ought
be maintained at an expense not exceed
nday the receipts. By practicing economy he
sew. able to reduce the expenses $1,000 or 81
last year.